FX boss says Donald Glover's 'Deadpool' series was deep-sixed by Marvel

It's been a few months since it was announced that Donald Glover's heavily-anticipated Deadpool animated TV series, to be produced for FX, was being shelved. But we finally have a few more details about why that came to be, thanks to FX chief John Landgraf.

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Landgraf, the CEO of FX, was speaking at the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press tour on Saturday when he put the blame squarely on MarvelPer The A.V. Club, Landgraf said:

Well, then. 

This is as specific a reason as we've heard since the March news that the show wasn't happening and that the three entities — Glover, Marvel, and FX — were parting ways. It's a bit of a sensitive situation since this triangle has a few other relationships ongoing: Marvel and FX work together on Legion and, of course, Glover and FX have had huge success with Atlanta. Read more...

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